Delhi High Court in Varun Bhatia vs. State &Anr. [Criminal Revision Petition No. 1032 of 2018] on August 28, 2023 examined the issue as to whether the utterance of the term ‘Gandi Aurat’ by a male against a female shall be amounted to a charge of outraging of her modesty, under...
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Place of employment would determine the territorial jurisdiction of labour court: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court in J Balaji vs. The Hindu New Delhi & Anr. [Letters Patent Appeal No. 640/2022]on August 29, 2023 while noting that the employee was employed in Chennai when his services were terminated and the termination order was also issued in Chennai, held that the cause of action for...
Luminous Power Technologies has announced the appointment of Shikha Gupta as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Shikha joins Luminous from Schneider Electric, where she served as the Director of HR and DEI for India and South Asia. In the new role, Shikha will be reporting to Preeti...
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“Paternity Leave to be recognised as basic human right : Madras HC reinstates Police Inspector
A Madras High Court Bench in the case of B.Saravanan vs The Deputy Inspector General of Police &Ors. has observed that it is high time for policy makers to recognise the right to paternity leave/parental leave to biological/adoptive parents, as a basic human right of the pre-natal/post-natal...
Hiring dipped 3% month-over-month, according to the latest foundit Insights Tracker (fit) for Aug.23. In addition, e-recruitment activities in India fell by 5% in August 2023 compared to August 2022. The index further dropped from 275 in August 2022 to 260 in August 2023. The fall in hiring indices...
